The Portland Handicap is a
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handicap horse race
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in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at
Doncaster
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over a distance of 5 furlongs and 143 yards (1,137 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
History
The event was established in 1855, and for a period it was known as the Portland Plate. The original course started opposite a coaching inn called Red House, and it featured a left-handed bend at about halfway. The race was later transferred to a straight course.
The Portland Handicap is held during Doncaster's four-day St. Leger Festival, and it is currently staged on the final day, the same day as the
St Leger Stakes
The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a d ...
.
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
* Halmahera – ''2002, 2003, 2004''
Leading
jockey
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(5 wins):
* Brownie Carslake – ''Irish Elegance (1919), Glanmerin (1921), Tag End (1928), Polar Bear (1932), Rosemary's Pet (1934)''
Leading
trainer (5 wins):
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Richard Marsh – ''Lollypop (1876), Marvel (1892), Kilkerran (1897), Lucknow (1900), Dieudonne (1901)''
Winners since 1979
* ''Weights given in stones and pounds.''
Earlier winners
* 1855: Manganese
* 1856: Lance
* 1857: Meta
* 1858: The Ancient Briton
* 1859: Tight-fit
* 1860: Tattoo
* 1861: Lady Clifden
* 1862: Queen of Trumps
* 1863: Welland
* 1864: Persuasion
* 1865: Kilkenny
* 1866: Skylark
* 1867: Bounceaway
* 1868: Lady Zetland
* 1869: Argyle
* 1870: Oxonian
* 1871: St Vincent
* 1872: Little Nell
* 1873: Grand Flaneur
* 1874: Genevieve
* 1875: Grand Flaneur
* 1876: Lollypop
* 1877: Rosbach
* 1878: Telescope
* 1879: Hackthorpe
* 1880: Discount
* 1881: Mowerina
* 1882: Martini
* 1883: Lowland Chief
* 1884: Leeds
* 1885: Dalmeny
* 1886: Modwena
* 1887: Lisbon
* 1888: Goldseeker
* 1889: Galloping Queen
* 1890:
L'Abbesse de Jouarre
L'Abbesse de Jouarre (1886 – 6 March 1897) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1889 Epsom Oaks. The horse was owned by Lord Randolph Churchill and the Earl of Dunraven during her three-year racing career. She was nicknamed "Absces ...
* 1891: Tostig
* 1892: Marvel
* 1893: Whisperer
* 1894: Grey Leg
* 1895: Whiston
* 1896: Grig
* 1897: Kilkerran
* 1898: Eager
* 1899: Mazeppa
* 1900: Lucknow
* 1901: Dieudonne
* 1902: Gladwin
* 1903: Nabot
* 1904: Santry
* 1905: Xeny
* 1906: Nero
* 1907: Woolley
* 1908: The Welkin
* 1909: Americus Girl
* 1910: Hallaton
* 1911: Stolen Kiss
* 1912: Wethers Well
* 1913: Hornet's Beauty
* 1914: Flying Orb
* 1915–18: ''no race''
* 1919:
Irish Elegance
Irish Elegance (7 March 1915 – February 1940) was a British racehorse and sire. A non-Thoroughbred horse who excelled at sprint distances and carried big weights to victory in major handicap races, he has been described as Britain's "greatest ...
* 1920: Pelops
* 1921: Glanmerin
* 1922: Two Step
* 1923: Polydipsia
* 1924: Heverswood
* 1925: Diomedes
* 1926: Sunstone
* 1927: Mayrian
* 1928: Tag End
* 1929: Tag End
* 1930: Polar Bear
* 1931: Xandover
* 1932: Polar Bear
* 1933: Valkyrie
* 1934: Rosemary's Pet
* 1935: Shalfleet
* 1936: Shalfleet
* 1937: Carissa
* 1938: The Drummer
* 1939–40: ''no race''
* 1941: Comatas
* 1942–45: ''no race''
* 1946: The Shah
* 1947: Good View
* 1948: Gold Mist
* 1949: Le Lavandou
* 1950: Paramount
* 1951: Reminiscence
* 1952: Stephen Paul
* 1953: Reminiscence
* 1954: Vilmoray
* 1955:
Princely Gift
Princely Gift (1951–1973) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from 1953 until 1955 he ran twenty-three times and won nine races. After showing good, but unexceptional form in his first two seasons, ...
* 1956: Epaulette
* 1957: Refined
* 1958: Welsh Abbot
* 1959: New World
* 1960: Accompanist
* 1961: Winna
* 1962: Harmon
* 1963: Marcher
* 1964: Comefast
* 1965: Go Shell
* 1966: Audrey Joan
* 1967: Florescence
* 1968: Gold Pollen
* 1969: Mountain Call
* 1970: Virginia Boy
* 1971: Royben
* 1972: Privateer
* 1973: Supreme Gift
* 1974: Matinee
* 1975: Walk By
* 1976: Hei'land Jamie
* 1977: Jon George
* 1978: Goldhills Pride
See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
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List of British flat horse races
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References
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